Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!aplcen!haven!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hall@vice.ico.tek.com (Hal Lillywhite) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Salvation for ALL! Message-ID: Date: 27 Oct 89 07:09:40 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [In article smith_c@ncsatl.uucp (Spawn of a Jewish Carpenter) asked about salvation of non-human intelligent races. --clh] In the spirit of sharing beliefs I will quote 2 passages from LDS (Mormon) scripture: "Worlds without number have I created ... by the Son created I them which is mine Only Begotten." (Moses 1:32, Pearl of Great Price) "By [Jesus] and through him and of him the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God" (Doctrine and Covenants 76:24) To me this indicates that the Father has created numberless worlds, all made by the power of the Son. While it doesn't specifically say that all are inhabited, any inhabitants which there are need the power of the Son to be saved. It also doesn't say how this is done. Indeed the Moses passage goes on to say the the Lord was not going to give any details about any world except this one. I suppose we have enough to worry about here. >If you'd like, I'll be happy to post here a copy of the complete dialogue; in >rec.arts.startrek, the dialogues were scattered throughout different postings. If you don't post it, please e-mail me a copy. Hal Lillywhite "When a man demands proof, you can be sure hall@vice.ICO.TEK.COM that proof is the last thing he really wants." Hugh Nibley